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I have a Logitech Extreme 3D Pro joystick.  I have it configured so that pushing the throttle all the way forward gives me full throttle, but pulling it all the way back gives me throttle off, as opposed to reverse throttle; I just use the S key for reverse throttle.  This is the way I want it.

The problem I have is that sometimes during a session my joystick settings will be changed; this may happen between games in a session, or possibly even mid-game.  The settings will change on me in one of two ways: 1) the throttle is reversed from what I set it, so that pushing forward turns off the throttle and pulling back gives more throttle; or 2) throttle in the neutral position (middle) will be off, and full forward or full back will give me full or reverse throttle, although not necessarily respectively.  I don't do anything special to get the settings back to how I want them.  If I restart BF1942.EXE they go back to how I had them, and possibly also when a new game starts, although I can't remember for certain.

Anyway, at no point during these situations do I go into the Settings menu, so nothing is getting changed there.

This problem has caused me to go over the side on a carrier, and even caused at least one TK.  Has anyone seen anything like this or know what could cause it?

I would like to get some clarification on the rule against attacking uncapturable main bases, particularly regarding returning fire.

The rule only mentions air strikes to return fire.  Can other weapons, such as artillery or tanks, be used to return fire as well?  If so, are there any weapons that are not allowed?

Also, the rule doesn't specifically mention returning fire on units other than AA or artillery, such as snipers.  Is that also allowed, and if so can they only be sniped back, or can any weapon be used?

What happens if there is "collateral damage" during one of these attacks?  Is it forbidden to hit other nearby units, or are they fair game?

Finally, is it ever permitted to go onto the enemy main for the purpose of killing an enemy that is firing from the base, such as to put an expack on artillery or to kill a sniper up close?  If so, in what circumstances is it allowed?

Anyone else having problems getting a list of servers from the master server now?  I can refresh, but not update.  It was working within the last hour or so.

I didn't see enough to be sure of anything, but I'm wondering if anyone else can add to it.

I just played a game of Iwo Jima (Allied team) on the USA server, and noticed a player named VINcENT on the Axis team.  We shot each other a few times as I was spawning at the beach flag, but I never really noticed him being on the Allied team.  I did notice his score indicated he had at least 2-3 TKs already when I had been playing only a couple of minutes (I joined the game already in progress).

After a while the Allies started taking some flags, and as I had just taken one of the flags I got TKed by none other than VINcENT,  flying a plane, now on the Allied team.  Shortly after that I was at another flag, and got killed by him again, this time back on the Axis team.  I can't say for sure, but that made me suspicious that he might be switching teams, TKing, and then switching back.  At the end of the game his score was 11 points with 23 kills, which means he had at least 4 TKs (I'm surprised he didn't get auto-kicked).  Anyway, has anyone else seen anything like this with this player?  It's possible it was just coincidence and he was getting auto-switched, but I'm really curious about the circumstances with the other people he TKed in that game.

I've seen this name on the servers before, but never noticed any trouble from him, so this was kind of weird today during a game of Aberdeen on USA.  I'm mainly looking for a little feedback from other people who were there as to what was going on.  There were a couple of admins on at the time (or they possibly joined the game in the middle of it), who were helpful, but I didn't really have time to explain what was going on, so they may be wondering about the details as well.

I was away from most of the earlier action in this game because I was guarding one of the flags in the rear against possible infiltrators, but then later most of the action came to the flag I was at.  At one point the flag was being attacked by several tanks, and my team destroyed some of them.  Then I started getting wounded and heard the sound effects that indicate friendly fire and saw SgtBilko who it looked like had been shooting me.  But it seemed like he shot me some more even after that.  Then I got killed by an enemy tank, at least partly because of being distracted by the friendly fire.  I can understand accidentally shooting a teammate when trying to shoot at the enemy, but I don't think that was it since bullets are ineffective against tanks.  I made a comment about team wounding in the chat, although I didn't name anyone.

After this incident my team lost the flag and I re-spawned at the main base near an unoccupied tank.  I saw SgtBilko there too, and I think but can't remember for sure that he shot at me with some kind of small arms fire as I approached the tank.  Then when I got into the tank something hit me and destroyed my tank and killed me.  I saw messages in the chat window, "Catpain Blackadder is no more," and "SgtBilko killed a teammate."  I believe he was kicked after this, but came back.  I was pretty angry after that, and he claimed that I made him TK me, whatever that means; I know there are tricks some people pull to get TKed, but I didn't do anything of the sort.  He then claimed he couldn't have TKed anyone because he didn't have a negative score.  When I pointed out that being kicked caused his score to be reset to zero he made a juvenile comment about my mother.

Anyway, I'm puzzled by this incident because I don't remember having any incidents or even speaking to him before.  At least one other person said he had been camping and TKing.  Has anyone else had problems with him?

I don't think it's good to have unwritten rules, because they make it difficult to know what the rules are.  They could also make things more difficult for those enforcing the rules, because they have no standard to follow.

We seem to have such a rule, the rule against team stacking.  This is actually a good rule; however, the current situation is such that the only way to know of this rule is either to see it enforced on the servers, or else to hear references to it here in the Forum.  Word of mouth is not a good way to disseminate rules.  We have a defined list of Battlefield 1942 Server Rules, so why not put the rule there?

So, I'm proposing that the following rule be added to the Server Rules:

Team stacking (switching teams so as to affect the team balance unfairly) is not allowed.

In addition I would hope there would be some discussion on what situations it would be allowed or not allowed to switch teams, to answer questions such as these:

Am I allowed to switch teams:

1. to get on a better team?

2. to help the team that is outnumbered or losing?

3. to see how many more people we can get on one team than there are on the other? (I hope this one is obvious)

4. to be on the same team as my friends or clan members?

5. because I prefer to play on the {Axis | Allied} team?

6. because people on this team are just goofing off or disrupting play?

7. because I didn't want to be switched by the auto balance system?

Can this rule be added to the official rules list?